多个小模型协作生成数据,质量媲美大模型。
A Strategic Coordination Framework of Small LLMs Matches Large LLMs in Data Synthesis
- 多小模型分角色协同:生成、评审、裁决,模拟人工审稿流程。
- 在多个基准上表现达或超过单个大模型(如Qwen-2.5-72B-Instruct)。
- 适合资源有限但需高质量数据的团队,开源可复现。
尽管数据合成与蒸馏是提升小语言模型的有效策略,但现有方法严重依赖大语言模型(LLMs),存在计算成本高、环境不友好及继承单一架构偏见等问题。相比之下,小模型更易获取且可持续,但个体能力常不足以生成高质量、多样且可靠的数据。受人类协作过程(如同行评审)启发,我们提出一种多小模型参与的框架GRA,通过角色分工实现对单一大模型才能完成的迭代优化与质量控制。在该协作框架中,多个小模型分别承担生成器、评审者和仲裁者角色,形成类同行评审的数据合成流水线:生成器提出初始样本,评审者评估其质量与多样性,仲裁者解决冲突后确定最终输出。通过将合成过程分解为专业化子任务,协作小模型可在数据层面达到与大模型蒸馏相当的水平。在多个基准上的实验表明,GRA生成的数据质量匹配甚至超越单个大模型(如Qwen-2.5-72B-Instruct)输出。结果挑战了高质量数据合成必须依赖单一庞大模型的假设,倡导以战略协调方式使用小型模型。相关数据集、模型与代码已公开于https://github.com/GX-XinGao/GRA。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
While data synthesis and distillation are promising strategies to enhance small language models, current approaches heavily rely on Large Language Models (LLMs), which suffer from high computational costs, environmental inefficiency, and potential biases inherited from monolithic architectures. In contrast, smaller LLMs are more accessible and sustainable, but their individual capabilities often fall short in generating high-quality, diverse, and reliable data. Inspired by collaborative human processes (e.g., peer review), we propose a multiple small LLMs involved framework, GRA, that aggregates specialized roles across small LLMs to iterative refinement and quality control typically achieved by a single large LLM. In this collaborative framework, multiple small LLMs assume distinct roles-Generator, Reviewer, and Adjudicator-to simulate a peer-review-inspired data synthesis pipeline. The Generator proposes initial data samples, the Reviewer critiques their quality and diversity, and the Adjudicator resolves conflicts to finalize the output. By decomposing the synthesis process into specialized sub-tasks, collaborative small LLMs can achieve data-level parity with large LLM-based distillation. Through experiments across multiple benchmarks, we demonstrate that GRA-produced data matches or exceeds the quality of single large LLM outputs, e.g., Qwen-2.5-72B-Instruct. Our results challenge the necessity of monolithic large models for high-quality data synthesis, advocating instead for strategic coordination of smaller agents. Our datasets, models, and code are publicly available at https://github.com/GX-XinGao/GRA.
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